i used to work in a v shop in bedford and there'd be this bastard man who'd stand across the road ALL day in full "costume" playing the fucking bagpipes all day and my manager wouldn't let me slash them with a knife :(

since i spent four hours queuing in that alleyway beside brixton academy (PLEASE DON'T PARK HERE!) listening to a friend's little brother try and play 'so why so sad' by the Manics on the f'king thing.

they cover the same range as trombones, which are obviously a thousand times better, and are basically lightweight tubas. tubas are great, just cos theyre masssive sounding and facking basstastic. see also sousaphones.